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Forums Introduction
The following rules are in place to maintain order in the community forums and keeping it home for everyone who participates in our forums. We're a community first and foremost, that comes together to share ideas and friendship in a friendly environment.
Invision-Graphics staff wants you to have the best possible experience and interaction with other webmasters, web developers and designers, without being distracted by disturbances and other problems that arise from users who only wish to troll the forums or create havoc for other members.
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General Forum Rules
Spamming via private messages is strictly forbidden as it's considered an invasion of privacy - the recipient of the message neither asked, indorsed or gave permission to be messaged. If you receive any private messages which may seem to be spam, please report it to a moderator or administrator right away.
Definition of spam (SPAM = Stupid, Pointless, Annoying, Messages).
Spamming: Excessive short or unnecessary posting, advertising, cross posting, improper forum topics, or excessive link dropping or using private messages to promote your products or services is considered spam and will be deleted.
Any content that is interpreted as obscene, suggestive, adult-related or pornographic is strictly forbidden. Any content of this nature will be deleted and the user will be banned without notice.
Keep forum threads on-topic. Don't emerge topics from one to another or take it totally off topic. If necessary, the thread will be split.
Flaming either directly or insulting or offending another member will result in a warning by a moderator or administrator. If this is a repeated offense the user will be removed without notice. Always remember each member has their own opinion and views, and everyone has the right to voice their opinion as long as it doesn't directly insult the member but instead critiques their views or opinion.
Posts that request indecent pictures or links to adult-related sites are not allowed, and the thread will be deleted. Users breaking this rule will be warned and cautioned to read the forum rules and guidelines.
Fraudulent accounts or multiple dummy accounts are not permitted and will be deleted without notice.
Please use appropriate language when posting. Remember our community forums are open to younger members that use the forum along with older members who do not wish to be subject to this type of content.
Keep posts at a reasonable length and put them in the proper forum topics. Topics that are placed in improper forums will either be moved to a proper location or deleted.
If you have a complaint about another member or moderator, please private message a moderator or administrator to intervene - do not post publicly on the community forums.
When trying to contact a specific member or group manager, always private message them, for assistance to detour any further complications or starting a flame war.
Please note that our goal as staff is to be diplomatic and unbiased at all times. We do not allow public complaints for the benefit of the community. We always do our job with - the community - and members - in mind. You're free to your opinion but if it detours creativity or promotes any unnecessary discrimination against other members you will be cautioned.
Do not post degrading remarks in our "for Hire thread." This can hurt a sale and individuals reputation, we want all members to have an equal opportunity to promote their skills and services. If you believe that a member is running a fraudulent business or can not to be trusted, you may notify staff to intervene and investigate.
Moderators and Administrator that act or make decisions on any given dispute is ultimately final, but in most scenarios the situation is allowed to be discussed publicly or by private message; whichever the staff instructs you to do for best results with always keeping - the community - and members - best interest.
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Signatures
Signatures are permitted and can be set up in your forum profile but are totally optional.
Signatures: If using text they should be no longer than three lines and the font sizes should not be distracting from the content, no neon colors or marquees as these make it very hard to read or view forum threads.
Text Links in Signatures: You are permitted to have a maximum of three links for your signature. However the links must not be adult-related or misleading. Member's signature links that break these rules will loose their ability to use a personal signature.
No links to explicit, adult-related, pornographic, illegal, warez or obscene content in your signature.
Graphic Signatures: Personal image signature tags are also permitted, but must not contain adult-content, racial or discriminating affects.
Graphic signature tags must be 400x100 and must be fast loading to not cause issues for other members on a slower connection.
Do not combine images and text lines for your signature, this makes the forums look less appealing and can be confusing for visitors and new members.
Moderators and Administrators reserve the right to remove, disable or alter your signature without notification.
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Posting Guidelines
The following are site-wide posting guidelines for all members participating in the community Forums, especially if you're new to the community it is advised to read the full section.
1.) Do not post your question in multiple forum categories-When posting, there is no excuse to post the same question in multiple categories in hopes of getting a quicker response. This is called spamming, and will get you banned. Choose one category that best accommodates your question, and post it there, once. If you're following up on a Previous question, reply to the original thread; Do not start a new one! Everyone here is volunteering their time to help out others. The least you can do is make their jobs easier and less confusing.
2.) Type in a subject that summarizes your question- A great way to turn off other members wanting to help you is to type an incomplete or silly subject for your post. Examples of poor subject titles include:
• Help me now!
• I'm a newbie...
• How can I...
• I got Errors…
• #*#$*$ HELP!..
• Urgent...help!
The above subjects either have absolutely nothing to do with the question itself, or are grossly incomplete. When asking for help, enter a subject that summarizes your question, period! Good titles are:
• Having and issue with Dynamic Content
• What's the difference between HTML and DHTML?
• Can someone suggest a good, free HTML editor?
3.) Be descriptive when asking your question
• When posting, understand that you're trying to convince others to assistant you.
• Format your question and code in an easy but yet Readable manner. Use the preview button often.
• Be concise and articulate to what's happening, or what it is your trying to accomplish.
4.) Be appreciative and follow up when getting a response. Everyone here is volunteering their time to help you out. Please be appreciative and follow up when getting a helpful response. If you've solved your problem, let people know so they don't continue spending time on your question. Saying a little thank you goes a long way.
Finally, if you are a New Member don't forget to review the Posting Rules.
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Posting Rules
1.1) Always be respectful and polite when posting- There is absolutely no excuse to be rude, confrontational, or hostile when posting in the Invision-Graphics Support Forums. This is a place where web programmers, web developers, and web application developers come together to solve problems, not create them. Flaming will get you banned.
1.2) Do not multi post- Invision-Graphics Support Forums are divided into various categories. When initiating a thread, always locate the most appropriate category, and post your question only ONCE, in that category. Do not post the same question in multiple categories.
1.3) No advertisements-Invision-Graphics Support Forums are not the classified ads. Do not post advertisements/ self promotion/ spam of any kind. Doing so will get you banned.
1.4) No objectionable content- Do not post content/subject/links that may not be appropriate to everybody, including minors. Examples include adult links, hateful/ distasteful content, vulgar language etc.
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Staff Rights
1. Moderators reserve the right to delete any thread, topic or posts at anytime and for any legitimate reason.
2. We hold the privilege to change, suspend, ban, or delete your account without notification.
3. Invision-Graphics reserve the right to change these terms and forum rules at any time without notification.
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Penalty
Penalty of the above rules!
Penalty for abusing/breaking the above guidelines will result in action taken either by a moderator or administrator. Sometimes it's as simple as your post being edited out (which does not always equate to a penalty, rather, just a reminder), other times, you will be contacted and warned. In more severe cases, you will be banned immediately and without notice. However if your banned, it is permanent.
By participating in our forums you agree to comply to all of the above usage terms. Do not come to us after you've suddenly found your posting privileges permanently revoked due to violating them.
Revised: October 17th, 2004
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